Silene aperta

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Silene aperta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Silene
Species:
S. aperta
Binomial name
Silene aperta

Silene aperta is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae known by the common names naked catchfly[1] and Tulare campion. It is endemic to Tulare County, California, where it is known only from the coniferous forests of the High Sierra Nevada. It is a perennial herb growing from a woody, branching caudex sending up several erect stems up to about 60 centimetres (24 inches) tall. The lower leaves are linear in shape, up to 12 cm (4+34 in) long but less than one wide. Leaves higher on the stem are smaller. The flower has a hairy, tubular calyx of fused sepals with ten veins. The calyx is open at the top, revealing five white or yellow-green petals each 1 to 2 cm (38 to 34 in) long.

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  1. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Silene aperta". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 14 November 2015.

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